New Search Begins for Remains of Abducted Undercover Soldier Robert Nairac in County Louth
Dundalk, Ireland — A private farm in County Louth has become the focal point of a renewed search for the remains of Captain Robert Nairac, a British Army officer who disappeared over four decades ago. Nairac, 29, was abducted and killed by the IRA in 1977 while working undercover in Northern Ireland during the height of the Troubles. This new search, the first in many years to look for Nairac’s body, is being carried out …